--- title: "15 Young man Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "15 Young man quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Young man sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/neil-gaiman-29_love_you-are-young-and-in-love-every-young-ma_1390562.jpg" --- > [You are young, and in love. Every young man in your position is the most miserable young man who ever lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-are-young-and-in-love-every-young-man-in-your-position-is-the/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/neil-gaiman-29_love_you-are-young-and-in-love-every-young-ma_1390562.jpg) > [What a refreshing mind you have, young man. There really is nothing quite like total ignorance, is there?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-a-refreshing-mind-you-have-young-man-there-really-is-nothing/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/neil-gaiman-29_ignorance_what-a-refreshing-mind-you-have-young-ma_2739379.jpg) > [There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart’s Desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-was-once-a-young-man-who-wished-to-gain-his-heart-s-desire/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/neil-gaiman-29_desire_there-was-once-a-young-man-who-wished-to_2254641.jpg) > [“You are young, and in love," said Primus. "Every young man in your position is the most miserable young man who ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-are-young-and-in-love-said-primus-every-young-man-in-your/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/neil-gaiman-29_love_you-are-young-and-in-love-said-primus-ev_2890034.jpg) > [“The marquis stared at Richard, openly amused. "What a refreshing mind you have, young man," he said. "There really is nothing quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-marquis-stared-at-richard-openly-amused-what-a-refreshing-mind/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/neil-gaiman-29_amused_the-marquis-stared-at-richard-openly-amu_370547.jpg) > [I am the most miserable person who ever lived," he said... "You are young, and in love," said Primus. "Every young man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-am-the-most-miserable-person-who-ever-lived-he-said-you-are-young/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/neil-gaiman-29_love_i-am-the-most-miserable-person-who-ever_2591981.jpg) > [“The cafe door opened. A young man in dusty white leathers entered, and the wind blew in empty crisp packets and newspapers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-cafe-door-opened-a-young-man-in-dusty-white-leathers-entered-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/neil-gaiman-29_evocative_the-cafe-door-opened-a-young-man-in-dust_934473.jpg) > [Young man," he said, "understand this: there are two Londons. There's London Above―that's where you lived―and then there's London Below―the Underside―inhabited by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/young-man-he-said-understand-this-there-are-two-londons-there-s/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/neil-gaiman-29_cracks_young-man-he-said-understand-this-there_2105734.jpg) > [“Mr. Charles Dickens was serializing his novel Oliver Twist; Mr. Draper had just taken the first photograph of the moon, freezing her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/mr-charles-dickens-was-serializing-his-novel-oliver-twist-mr-draper/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/neil-gaiman-29_dickens_mr-charles-dickens-was-serializing-his-n_212595.jpg) > [When I was a kid and a young man I read everything. When I was about 23, I was incredibly lucky in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/when-i-was-a-kid-and-a-young-man-i-read-everything-when-i-was-about/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/neil-gaiman-29_amount_when-i-was-a-kid-and-a-young-man-i-read_1361298.jpg) > [I'd love to write some porn, but I don't know if I have the right engines. When I was a young man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-d-love-to-write-some-porn-but-i-don-t-know-if-i-have-the-right/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/neil-gaiman-29_children_i-d-love-to-write-some-porn-but-i-don-t_1099948.jpg) > [“You’re as plain as the nose on your face,” said Mr. Pennyworth. “And your nose is remarkably obvious. As is the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-re-as-plain-as-the-nose-on-your-face-said-mr-pennyworth-and-your/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/neil-gaiman-29_fiction_you-re-as-plain-as-the-nose-on-your-face_3016318.jpg) > [The young man shivered. He rolled the stock themes of fantasy over in his mind: cars and stockbrokers and commuters, housewives and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-young-man-shivered-he-rolled-the-stock-themes-of-fantasy-over-in/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/neil-gaiman-29_agony_the-young-man-shivered-he-rolled-the-sto_29491.jpg) > [“The voice came from the night all around him, in his head and out of it. "What do you want?' it repeated.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-voice-came-from-the-night-all-around-him-in-his-head-and-out-of/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/neil-gaiman-29_death_the-voice-came-from-the-night-all-around_2197092.jpg) > [There are characters in some short stories who exist as people, and there are other characters in different short stories who exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-are-characters-in-some-short-stories-who-exist-as-people-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/neil-gaiman-29_being-real_there-are-characters-in-some-short-stori_2995329.jpg) ## Other authors on Young man ## More by Neil Gaiman > [“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/people-talk-about-books-that-write-themselves-and-it-s-a-lie-books/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Like all sentient beings, Fat Charlie had a weirdness quotient. For some days the needle had been over in the red, occasionally banging jerkily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/like-all-sentient-beings-fat-charlie-had-a-weirdness-quotient-for/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Shadow crawled across the floor to the yellow foam-rubber pad and climbed onto it, pulling the thin blanket over himself, and closed his eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/shadow-crawled-across-the-floor-to-the-yellow-foam-rubber-pad-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [ “\[T\]hey could not help being amused every time another little human believed itself the center of its world, as each of us does.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/t-hey-could-not-help-being-amused-every-time-another-little-human/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [So many things to see, people to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/so-many-things-to-see-people-to-do/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.’ – Ben Franklin,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/three-may-keep-a-secret-if-two-of-them-are-dead-ben-franklin/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning, then once you've written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-need-more-than-a-beginning-if-you-re-going-to-start-a-book-if-all/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-can-tell-the-date-of-an-old-science-fiction-novel-by-every-word/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“The quickest way is sometimes the longest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-quickest-way-is-sometimes-the-longest/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“They were spells, spelled with words to make worlds, waiting for me, in the pages of books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/they-were-spells-spelled-with-words-to-make-worlds-waiting-for-me-in/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/finish-what-you-re-writing-whatever-you-have-to-do-to-finish-it/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [What do stars do? They shine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-do-stars-do-they-shine/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“What," asked Mr Croup, "do you want?" "What," asked the Marquis de Carabas, a little more rhetorically, "does anyone want?" "Dead things," suggested Mr…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-asked-mr-croup-do-you-want-what-asked-the-marquis-de-carabas-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-get-on-with-your-own-life-lettie-gave-it-to-you-you-just-have-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Eyes will not see you. Minds will not hold you. Where you are is nothing and nobody”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/eyes-will-not-see-you-minds-will-not-hold-you-where-you-are-is/) [neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young-man/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "15 Young man Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You are young, and in love. 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